Overall Results

Fil
Faria the Box CourierThe left photo shows Fil using his creative technique of
bouncing the box across the finish line. Hopefully Fil does not work for
UPS. The right photo is of Fil opening the box to find he won a screw driver
and not the $50. Well Fil, that's the way the box bounces.photos Mike Stanwyck

Dave
Camire

Temptation Eyes

To
take a box or not take a box? That is the question. Almost three hundred runners
had to make that decision last night at our Good Times Summer Series kickoff
night.

We started our
ninth season of the Good Times Series with our Temptation 5K. This is how it
worked. Just before the 1 mile mark fourteen boxes were place along side the
course. Seven boxes were placed on the right for the ladies and other seven
were placed on the left for the men. Each group of boxes contained one box that
had $50 in it. Runners had to decide whether it was worth carrying a large box
for over 2-mile in hopes of winning the cash. Of course this could have an adverse
affect on overall series standing and the chance of setting a course PR. However
apparently this was not an issue as 14 individual were easily tempted into taking
a box.

The big winner
of the night was Bill Robbins who not only won the temptation $50 but also won
the weekly "guess the number of PRs" pool. Bill left with close to
$100.

On
the Competitive SideMeet the new boss, same as the old boss. Both Kara Haas and Titus
Mutinda picked up where the left off in the spring series by capturing the top
spots in week one. This was Kara's ninth consecutive Good Times Series victory.
BTW ten is the record which is also held by Kara. All winners and raffle winners
were given gift certificates to Marx Running
and Fitness in Acton. Marx is running a blow out sale this Saturday so if
you need shoes or apparel that's where you want to head.

Next Up
Next week we honor one of the all-time greats of the Good Times Series - George
Bisson. George has dominated the 70+ division since he entered that category
five years ago. He is also the reigning 70+ division champion. Anyone over the
age of seventy is invited to run for free. So I hope you can join us for the
Un-Memorial George Bisson 5K. And, as always, we can't guarantee you will
run a fast time, but we promise you will have a good time at the Good Time Series.